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HARNESS.

` No. 492,210. Patented Feb. 21, 1893.

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FREDDIE O. KIMBALL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HELEN ELIZA KIMBALLAND ANNIE IRENE WHITNEY, OF SAME PLACE.

HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,210, dated February21, 1893. Applioationrled June 2, 1892. Serial No. 435,244. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDDIE C. KIMBALL,a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Harnesses; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention has relation to improvements in harness, and it has for itsgeneral object to provide a breeching, a breast collar orA other pieceof harness in which folds are used, of

`such construction that the face strap or part of the piece which isdesigned to bear against the body of the animal, will be perfectlysmooth so as not to chafe or rub the animal.

With the foregoing end in view the novelty of the invention will befully understood from the following description and claims when taken inconnection with the annexed drawings, in whichz Figure l is aperspective view, partly in transverse section, of a breast collarconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveView illustrating the manner of connecting the outer layer orstrap tothe burr or foundation pieces. Fig. 3 is a transverse section showingthe relative positions of the face strap and the burr or foundationpieces when the same are connected together; and, Fig. 4: is a similarview showing the burr or foundation pieces partly turned up into theirproper positions.

In tlfe said drawings, similar letters desig-` nate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, referring to which:

A indicates the burr or foundation pieces of my improved breast collarwhich are preferably formed from two strips of heavy leather; and Bindicates the face strap which is designed to bear against the body ofthe animal bearing the harness. This face strap is preferably connectedby stitches c or otherwise to the upper sides of the burr or foundationpieces A, While the parts are in the relative positions shown in Fig. 3;so that when the said burr or foundation pieces are carried upward" andinward and are laid edge to edge within the face strap, as better shownin Fig. 2, of the drawings, the rolls b, will be formed to cover andprotect the stitches c. After the burror foundation pieces have beenlaid Within the rolled edges of the face strap, the contiguous edges ofthe said pieces are connected by suitable stitches as a, whichpreferably do not extend entirely through. the pieces.

O indicates the outer layer or strap of my improved breast collar. Thisstrap lies between the rolling edges b of the face strap B, and againstthe foundation pieces A. It is laced or stitched to said foundationpieces, in substantially the manner shown in Fig. 2, whereby thestitches c', do not pass into or through the face strap and thereforesaid face strap is left entirely smooth on its outside. In order toprevent any of the stitches c from showing on the outside of the strapC, I prefer to slit the edges of said strap and to so form the stitchesthat they Will lie Within the said slits, substantially as shown inFigs. l and 2. p

When the parts forming my breast collar are connected together, as shownin Fig. ll of the drawings, it will be seen that the edges of the upperwalls of the slits in the outer layer or st rap O will impinge againstthe rolling edges of the face strap B and will inclose and protect thestitches c from the action of the weather whereby the usefulness of thebreast collar will be prolonged.

By my improved construction it will be seen that not only are all theconnecting stitches protected from the weather, from frictional wear andfrom perspiration, but the face strap which bears against the skin ofthe animal is smooth from stitches or other slight projectionscalculated to chafe and rub the skin.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my improved breast collar so asto enable others skilled in the art to thoroughly understand andappreciate the same, I do not desire to be confined to such constructionand relative arrangements, as such changes or modifications may be madeas" fairly fall withinthe scope of myinvention.

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Having thus described my invention, what I daim es new, en@ desire f-Q$812,111.10 by Letters Patent, isf? l. A breast collaror other part of aharness, substantially as specified, consisting essen,- tially of theburr or foundation pieces,a face Strap @Ove/rive one Side ef the burr 0r,fenny aation pieces'and having its edges rolled at,

b, and resting upon the'opposite side of the burr or foundation pieces,the stitches c, c011- necting the edges of the face strap t0 the burr orfoundation pieces and arranged so as to be covered and protected bytherolls b, Stitches Connecting the Contiguous @Gees ef the burr orfoundation pieces, and an 'outer layer or strap connected tothe vburr orfoundation pieces above on the opposite side to

